“Why do they take these scum alive? Why?
What are you, out of your mind? You don’t think there’s any value in interrogating this kid? Try him and he might get the death penalty, that’s fine, but don’t you think they’d want to question him?
There isn’t really any value in interrogating him. Not really.
The reason why he is taken alive is simple. Most police are decent and professional, and NOT murderers. When they locate him, if he throws down the gun, as much as those cops despise him, they could not force themselves to drop a hammer on him. Not if he is surrendering. That’s the difference between them and the murderer.
Conversely, if he presented the right threat, the cop would fire in an instant response, almost on autopilot. Lots of cops who thought they would never be able to fire, did so instantly when the imagined circumstances suddenly lined up.
This general concept pops up a lot when they arrest very vile types such as a pedophile in the act, a cop killer, etc. That’s how they take them alive... kind of because they are trained hard that way, and because they are willing killers by training, but not murderers by temperament.
Yes. Let a phalanx of lawyers get filthy rich. My favorite people ( do I have to say Sarc?)